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Nikolaevsk fire victim identified

The body found following a Thursday morning Nikolaevsk house fire has been positively identified as 46-year-old Andres “Andy” Afonasiev.

Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center received multiple reports of the house fire at 3:25 a.m., according Alaska State Troopers.

By the time responders from Kachemak Emergency Services and Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Medical Services arrived at about 4 a.m., the house was fully engulfed in flames, troopers spokesperson Megan Peters said in an email.

The body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office for autopsy and identification.